DavideNL

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by DavideNL 7y ago
I think it's kind of strange that they are planning to enable DOH by default; Your ISP can see all connections/ip addresses you connect to regardless of whether you use your ISP's DNS servers or not. So, in the end by using D
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by DavideNL 7y ago
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver
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by DavideNL 7y ago
I suppose because only a small percentage of the population (techies) uses a Vpn. Now, everyone (who uses Firefox) gets this feature and apparently soon it will also be enabled by default: "...the goal of deploying DoH by default for
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by DavideNL 7y ago
I don't know why you are being down-voted, i thought the same thing. For example: > listening to fiction books Was this also a relevant part of the "privacy invasion to prevent abuse", to determine the genre of the book?
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by DavideNL 7y ago
I avoid PayPal, but in the rare case where there is no other payment method possible and i really need something, i simply create an account, do the transaction, and immediately delete the Paypal account again. I find this the best way to d
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by DavideNL 7y ago
Little off-topic, but lately i often find myself Airdropping files between my iPad & Macbook because iCloud isn't syncing newly added files for some reason (which can't be forced/refreshed on the iPad as far as i know.)
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by DavideNL 7y ago
Well having your book collection suddenly deleted is not convenient either... So, the alternatives: 1. Buying a real/paper book 2. Pirating/illegal downloading The best option seems doing both, you support the author by buying the
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by DavideNL 7y ago
Like i said, it's an oligopoly. There's only 2 choices which is not enough. Imagine you could only buy 2 type of cars...
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by DavideNL 7y ago
> I increasingly prefer life inside the wall. We can have both: live inside the wall and have the freedom to do with our devices what we want; For example, in macOS i can disable 'System Integrity Protection' (SIP), make wha
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by DavideNL 7y ago
I agree with you, which is why there are many more viruses/malware in Android vs iOS. However my issue with iOS is, that people don't have the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be protected by this "walled garden&
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by DavideNL 7y ago
> They neglect power-users. The way i see it is Apple provides simple defaults which work best for most/avarage users. If you want something different/extra vs the default, you can customize some stuff within SystemPreferences
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by DavideNL 7y ago
> "but its not like they won't just upload that data once you flip wifi back on..."
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by DavideNL 7y ago
Thanks for the tip! Home Assistant has a module for the "MH-Z19 CO2 Sensor" (1) which is on AliExpress for $20 (2). So i'll probably give that a try... 1) https://www.home-assistant.io/components/mhz19&#x
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by DavideNL 7y ago
I'm interested in this too. It would be even cooler to link these CO2 sensors into Apple's HomeKit somehow...
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by DavideNL 7y ago
and "Klein Bottles": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAsICMPwGPY
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by DavideNL 7y ago
The model is "MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)" and here is the link to check your serial number: https://support.apple.com/15-inch-macbook-pro-battery-recall I have this model and my Macbooks serial numbe
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by DavideNL 7y ago
Your Chromecast is tracking you just like those Smart tvs... and selling your data just the same.
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by DavideNL 7y ago
"Onion Browser" seems to be able to do it...? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448 (i'm not implying they don't use WebKit, but i meant they provide a browser that uses
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by DavideNL 7y ago
> - Emails to anyone using a Google service (I use iCloud) I found that the best thing you can do is try to convert the people you e-mail to most often (spouse, family, close friend) away from Google to some e-mail provider that values
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by DavideNL 7y ago
An office/room with only 1 or 2 developers (versus "open office spaces" now.) My experience is that it was much better for concentration, creativity and productivity...
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by DavideNL 7y ago
Same... so frustrating. If it's Google's goal to create frustration for non-Chrome users that would be evil :'(
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by DavideNL 7y ago
That sounds like what Brave Rewards does... https://brave.com/brave-rewards/
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by DavideNL 7y ago
> I don't like that it's required for developers to include if they include any other third-party sign-in. Curious, why not? Because if i understand correctly it's designed so that Apple cannot see any of the data... S
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by DavideNL 7y ago
"Currently, add-on sync leaves setting synchronization to the individual add-on. If an add-on has support for syncing settings, they will be synced. If not, they won't. For now, if an add-on doesn't preserve settings during
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by DavideNL 7y ago
I'm aware of that, but it's like a band-aid; Without an application firewall you can't prevent apps from uploading their tracking data. Apps change at a rapid pace, and so do many tracker domains/public ips. By the time
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by DavideNL 7y ago
> What can one expect Apple to do on macOS/Windows/Linux people can inspect apps and malicious apps will be discovered by hackers and reported in the news. on iOS, Apple build a walled garden where nobody can see what happens u
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by DavideNL 7y ago
I hate that Apple's walled garden forbids us to use a proper firewall on iOS... Anyways, a not so easy alternative is to install a Vpn Server like Algo and block all Facebook ips with ipset on the Vpn server. You can obtain all Faceboo
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by DavideNL 7y ago
> Folks can say what they want about religion ...and for those who are no believers, perhaps becoming a Pastafarian is a good alternative option : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pastafarians
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by DavideNL 7y ago
Somewhat related... in The Netherlands the police tried to stop a man in a Tesla tonight, who fell asleep drunk while driving on the highway in his Tesla with the autopilot enabled: (translated from Dutch to English) https://tran
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by DavideNL 8y ago
... a method to apply a hotfix manually without enabling studies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19827302

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